US20030131835A1 - Paintball feed system - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a paintball feed system. More particularly, but not exclusively it relates to a paintball feed system that is arranged to allow a paintball to pass into a breech of a paintball marker and is arranged to prevent the passage of the paintball out of the breech of the marker.
- Referring to Figure 1, it is currently known to feed a paintball (1) into a breech (2) of a paintball marker (3) from a hopper (4) under gravity. This arrangement has the inherent problem that, should the marker (3) be tilted out of a horizontal plane or jolted, the paintball (1) in the breech (2) can pass out of the breech (2) back towards the hopper (4). If the marker is fired while the paintball (1) is not resting on the bottom of the breech (2), "chopping"of the paintball (1) can result whereby the bolt (not shown in Figure 1) splits the paintball (1) because it cannot be propelled along the breech (2). Chopped paintballs can foul the marker's firing mechanism leading to impaired performance and even possibly jamming of the marker. Importantly for paintball players, if no paintballs are present in the breech, due to the marker being tilted or jolted or for any other reason, the marker will not fire which can seriously affect the player's game.
- A hopper exists, as shown in Figure 2, that employs a beam strain gauge (5) the main purpose of which is to count paintballs as they are used. The strain gauge (5) is secondarily used in an attempt to allow only one way flow of paintballs. This arrangement does however suffer from the problem that it does not allow a paintball (1) to fall freely under its own weight. A stack of paintballs (1) must weigh down on the beam strain gauge (5) in order to allow a paintball (1) to pass from the hopper (4) into the breech (2). This can result in the last few paintballs (1) in a hopper (4) not being used. Additionally, due to a lack of rigidity of the strain gauge (5) in the return direction the strain gauge's return prevention is poor. Thus this arrangement is poor at retaining the paintballs (1) in the breech (2). This allows the movement of the paintballs out of the breech (2) and consequently the possibility of chopping the paintballs (1).
- Thus existing marker feed systems have the problem that chopping can occur due to the paintballs in a feed tube being able to jiggle in the free space in the feed tube and present a fraction of themselves to the marker's bolt.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a paintball feed system for a paintball marker, the system comprising means defining a feed channel through which paintballs can pass into the marker, flexible detent means arranged to deflect to allow paintballs to pass in a first direction through the channel into the marker, and being further arranged to prevent the passage of the paintballs in a second direction through the channel out of the marker.
- Preferably the system comprises support means which define first and second support points from which the detent means is arranged to flex in the first and second directions respectively. More preferably the detent means has a free end and the second support point is closer to the free end than the first support point.
- The detent means preferably comprises a flexible beam, which preferably has a cross-sectional area which varies along its length. The beam may have a base and a free end and the cross sectional area may increase towards the free end. Preferably the beam has a narrow portion towards the base and a broad head portion towards the free end.
- Preferably the detent means is arranged to be spaced from a floor of a breech of the paintball marker and the feed channel is arranged to receive a plurality of paintballs including an uppermost paintball which is in contact with the detent means and a lowermost paintball which is in contact with the floor of the breech whereby vertical movement of the paintballs between the detent means and the floor is inhibited. Preferably the detent means is arranged to allow a paintball to pass in the first direction under its own weight. This helps to ensure that all available paintballs are used up.
- The detent means preferably comprises a plurality of flexible beams, for example three flexible beams, which are spaced around the feed channel. This can help to centre the paintball in the feed channel. The flexible beams preferably extend radially inwards towards the centre of the feed channel, and can conveniently be formed as part of an annular shim from which they project radially inwards.
- Preferably the feed system further comprises adjustment means arranged to allow adjustment of the distance between the detent means and a floor of a breech of the marker. This allows the system to be adjusted for example to correct for different sizes of paintball.
- The present invention further provides a paintball marker including a paintball feed system, the feed system comprising means defining a feed channel through which paintballs can pass into the marker, flexible detent means arranged to deflect to allow paintballs to pass in a first direction through the channel into the marker, and being further arranged to prevent the passage of the paintballs in a second direction through the channel out of the marker.
- The present invention further comprises a paintball marker and hopper assembly including a paintball feed system, the feed system comprising means defining a feed channel through which paintballs can pass from the hopper into the marker, flexible detent means arranged to deflect to allow paintballs to pass in a first direction through the channel from the hopper into the marker, and being further arranged to prevent the passage of the paintballs in a second direction through the channel out of the marker towards the hopper.
- The present invention still further provides an adapter for connecting a paintball marker to a paintball storage device wherein the adapter includes a feed system according to the invention. The adapter may be arranged to be movable relative to at least one of the marker and the storage device in order to vary the distance between the detent means and a floor of a breech of the marker.
- The present invention yet further provides a paintball feed system for a paintball marker, the system comprising a feed channel through which paintballs can pass into the marker, a flexible detent arranged to deflect to allow paintballs to pass in a first direction through the channel into the marker, and being further arranged to prevent the passage of the paintballs in a second direction through the channel out of the marker.
- The present invention further provides a paintball marker feed tube assembly arranged to be mounted in a paintball marker and to support a paintball hopper having a neck, the assembly comprising a compressible member defining an aperture into which the neck can be inserted and a compression member arranged to compress the compressible member by an amount which is variable thereby to vary the size of the aperture.
- The compressible member may be one of a plurality of compressible members arranged to co-operate to support the neck. For example each of the compressible members may comprise a ring of resilient material.
- The assembly preferably further comprises a flexible detent arranged to deflect to allow paintballs to pass in a first direction through the assembly into the marker, and being further arranged to prevent the passage of the paintballs in a second direction through the assembly out of the marker, and a retaining member arranged to retain the detent in the assembly, wherein the compressible member rests on the retaining member.
- The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- Figure 1a is a schematic view of a prior art paintball feed mechanism;
- Figure 1b is a schematic view of a prior art paintball hopper including a strain gauge/detent mechanism;
- Figure 2 is a schematic side view of a paintball marker and hopper assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention;
- Figure 3a is a schematic section through part of the assembly of Figure 2 showing a paintball feed system according to the invention;
- Figure 3b is a schematic plan view of a feed tube of the assembly of Figure 3a;
- Figure 3c is a plan view of a detent means of the paintball feed system of Figure 3a;
- Figure 3d is a schematic sectional view of a the detent means of Figure 3c and support points, showing the degree of flexion available in either direction;
- Figure 4 is a schematic view of an adaptor arranged to connect a marker and hopper including a paintball feed system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 5 is a schematic sectional view of a threaded adaptor arranged to connect a marker and hopper including a paintball feed system according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 6 is a schematic view of a paintball hopper including a paintball feed system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention connected to a paintball marker;
- Figure 7 is a schematic view of a paintball hopper and marker arrangement connected via an adapter, the hopper including a paintball feed system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 8 is a schematic view of a detent beam of a paintball system according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 9 is a top plan view of a detent shim forming part of a sixth embodiment of the invention;
- Figure 10 is a cut-away view of a paintball feeder system according to a seventh embodiment of the invention; and
- Figure 11 is a cut-away view of a paintball feeder system according to an eighth embodiment of the invention.
- Referring to Figure 2, a paintball marker or gun 6 comprises a body 7 and barrel 8, and a
grip 9. Afeed system 10 comprises a hollow cylindricalpaintball feed tube 12 connected to the top of the body 7 and ahopper 18. - Referring now to Figures 3a-d, the
feed tube 12 defines apaintball feed channel 13 which leads into apaintball marker breech 16 having abolt 17 therein which is actuated by the marker's pneumatic firing system (not shown) to eject paintballs from thebreech 16 along the barrel 8. - The
feed tube 12 is typically integrally formed with thebreech 16 and has amain portion 20 having an internal diameter just slightly larger than that of a paintball 22a and an externally threadedneck portion 24, projecting upwards from the top of themain portion 20, that has a wider internal diameter than themain portion 20. - The
hopper 18 has tapered sides ending in anannular surface 26 with acircular opening 28 having a diameter just slightly larger than that of the paintball 22. An internally threadedcircumferential collar 30 projects axially from thesurface 26. Thecollar 30 is complementarily threaded to theneck portion 24 and of a suitable diameter to threadably engage therewith. Thus, thefeed tube 12 and theopening 28 are substantially concentric when thecollar 30 andneck portion 24 are threadably engaged. - An
annular shim 31 shown in Figure 3c has a mainannular portion 32 and twoflexible detent beams annular portion 32. Thebeams annular portion 32. Thebeams free end base 32e, 32f where they are joined to theannular portion 32. - The
shim 31 rests upon afree end 25 of theneck portion 24 of thefeed tube 12 such that theannular portion 32 lies between theend 25 of theneck portion 24 and thesurface 26. Thebeams opening 28 and extend part way across it. - As shown in Figure 3d, the extension of the
beams free end 25 of theneck portion 24 and theannular surface 26 provides two sets of support points 33, 34. The first support points 33 are defined at the internal edge 25a of thefree end 25 of theneck portion 24 and the second support points 34 are defined at theinternal edge 26a of thesurface 26. If thebeams first support point 33. If they are deflected upwards, they flex from thesecond support point 34. - The second support points 34 are further from the
annular portion 32 of theshim 31, and closer to the free ends 32c, 32d of thebeams beams beams beams feed tube 12 than upwards into theopening 28. - Thus, referring back to Figure 3a, as a paintball 22a from within the
hopper 18 abuts thebeams neck portion 24 and allow the paintball 22a to pass from thehopper 18 into thefeed tube 12 under its own weight, provided that there is sufficient space within thefeed tube 12 to accommodate the paintball 22a. - When the hopper is filled with paintballs, a
first paintball 22c drops down through the feed tube and comes to rest in contact with thefloor 36 of thebreech 16. Afurther paintball 22b then drops down on top of the first one 22c. Finally a third paintball 22a drops down and rests on top of the second one 22b. At his point the stack of paintballs 22a-c fills thefeed tube 12, and thebeams paintballs feed tube 12 andbreech 16 by the resistance to upward flexure of thebeams opening 28 about the second support points 34. Thus, thedetent beams paintballs hopper 18 into thefeed tube 12 under their own weight and prevent them from passing back into thehopper 18 when themarker breech 16 is displaced from horizontal alignment. - In this embodiment the
free end 25 of theneck portion 24 is spaced so that theshim 31 is just less than an integral number of paintball diameters from thefloor 36 of the breech 16, in this example just less than three paintball diameters. This has the effect of maintaining the threepaintballs feed tube 12 in contact with each other, with the uppermost paintball 22a being in contact with thedetent beams lowermost paintball 22c being in contact with thefloor 36 of thebreech 16. This arrangement thereby prevents movement of thepaintballs tube 12 and keeps thelowermost paintball 22c in contact with the floor of thebreech 16. The maintenance of thepaintballs feed tube 12 reduces the chances of chopping of a paintball occurring by preventing the paintballs from jiggling due to having free space in which to move. This denial of free movement limits the opportunity for only a fraction of a paintball to be projecting into the breech 16 where thebolt 17 can chop it during the firing action. - In a second embodiment of the present invention as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 4a, there is provided a
cylindrical collar 38 having an internalcircumferential lip 39 at its midpoint. An annular shim 40 having a pair ofdetent beams lip 39, with thebeams lip 39. As shown in Figure 4a, the shim 40 is held in place against thelip 39 by means of a split ring 41 (not shown in Figure 4). Thelip 39 and split ring 41 define respectively two sets of support points 42, 44 for thebeams beams beams collar 38. Thecollar 38 is arranged to receive amarker feed tube 48 in one end and a the feeder neck 49 of ahopper 50 in the other end. Thecollar 38 can be designed such that thebeams breech floor 52 provided the length of thefeed tube 48 is known. This arrangement allows the retro-fitting of a feed system according to the present invention to a standard, non-modified marker. - Alternatively, as shown in Figure 5, an
annular collar 54 is substantially similar to that described hereinbefore in relation to Figure 4 and has a pair ofdetent beams collar 54 is threadably engaged with anannular sleeve 58. Thecollar 54 is arranged to receive ahopper 60. Thesleeve 58 is arranged to receive amarker feed tube 62. The distance between thedetent beams breech floor 64 can be adjusted by screwing thecollar 54 into or out of thesleeve 58, thus achieving just less than an integral number of paintball diameters between thebeams floor 64, in this example five paintball diameters. - In a further embodiment of the present invention as shown in Figure 6 there is provided a
paintball hopper 66 including abody 68 and aneck 69 with antubular wall 70 with a centralcircular opening 71 therethrough. Theneck 69 has a pair ofdetent beams 72a, 72b fixed at the edge and projecting radially inwardly thereof over thetubular wall 70 on an opposite side of thewall 70 to thebody 68. - Thus two sets of support points 73, 74 of the
beams 72a, 72b are defined at the fixing points of thebeams 72a, 72b and at the edge of theopening 71, respectively. The first set of support points 73 is positioned such that the degree of flexibility of thebeams 72a, 72b away from thebody 68 is sufficient to allow apaintball 75 to pass from thehopper 66 under its own weight. The short length of thebeams 72a, 72b from the second support points 74 results in a low degree of flexibility back towards thebody 68. This prevents the passage of a paintball into thehopper 68 past the beams 72a,b unless a significant external force is applied. Theneck 69 is arranged to receive amarker feed tube 76 and has an inwardly projectinglip 77 thereabout which thefeed tube 74 abuts upon complete insertion thereinto. - Alternatively, as shown in Figure 7 a
hopper 78, that is substantially similar to the hopper described above in relation to Figure 6, hasdetent beams exit opening 80. Theneck 81 screw is threadably attached to asleeve 82 that is arranged to receive amarker feed tube 84. The distance between thedetent beams breech floor 86 of a paintball marker 88 can be varied by screwing theneck 81 into/out of thesleeve 82 such that it is an integral number of paintball diameters in a similar manner and as described hereinbefore in relation to theannular collar 54. - Referring now to Figure 8, in a modification to the first embodiment described above with reference to Figures 2 to 3d, the
detent beams detent beam 89. Thisdetent beam 89 has a narrowelongate body 90 and a circular paddle shapedhead 92 that is wider than thebody 90. Theend 95 of thebody 90 remote from the head is fixed to theannular part 32 of theshim 31. The increased width of thehead 92 in relation to thebody 90 results in an increased stiffness of thehead 92 compared to thebody 90. The first and second support points 33, 34 are aligned with thebody 90 andhead 92 respectively. Therefore as well as there being a shorter length of thebeam 89 extending beyond thesecond support point 34 than thefirst support point 33, the part of thebeam 90 at the first support point is narrower and hence more flexible than thepart 92 are the second support point. Therefore the difference in flexibility of thebeam 89 in the upward and downward directions is increased. - Referring to Figure 9, in a further modification to the first embodiment, the
shim 31 is replaced by ashim 95 which has anannular portion 96 with threeflexible beams 97 equally spaced around it. Each of thebeams 97 has anarrow body 98 connected to theannular portion 96 and awider head 99. Referring also back to Figure 3a, the use of threebeams 97 results in centring of the paintball 22a as it passes through theshim 95, and also centring of the paintball 22a when it has passed through theshim 95 and forms the top paintball in the stack ofpaintballs paintballs beams 97 hold them completely stationary. - Referring to Figure 10, in a further embodiment a
marker feed tube 102 has alower portion 104 which fits onto the top of the marker, and a widerupper portion 106 with internal thread arranged to mate with thehopper feed tube 108. Ashoulder 110 is formed between the upper andlower portions inner edge 112 being lower than itsouter edge 114. Thehopper feed tube 108 has a flat horizontallower end surface 116 which is approximately as wide as theshoulder 110. Ashim 118 similar to that of Figure 9 has itsannular part 120 held between theshoulder 110 and thelower end surface 116 of thehopper feed tube 108. Its threeflexible beams 122 extend radially inwards between theshoulder 110 and thelower end surface 116 of thehopper feed tube 108, and have theirends 124 projecting radially inwards beyond them. - The
beams 122 can therefore rest against thelower end surface 116 of the hopper feed tube, and cannot easily be bent upwards, as they have to flex about the inner edge 116a of thatlower end surface 116. However, they can more easily bend downwards away from thatlower end surface 116 and towards the slopingshoulder 110, as they can flex about apoint 126 where contact between theshim 118 and theshoulder 110 stops. This embodiment therefore operates in a similar manner to the embodiments described above, with thebeams 122 flexing downwards to allow paintballs to pass down from the hopper into the marker, but not preventing the paintballs from passing back up into the hopper. - Referring to Figure 11, in a further embodiment of the invention, the
marker feed tube 202 is shaped similarly to that of Figure 10, but theshoulder 210 is lower down and theupper part 206 is longer. Theshim 218 rests on theshoulder 210, but is held down on theshoulder 210 by a retainingcollar 215, which has a flat horizontallower surface 216 corresponding to that on thehopper feed tube 108 of Figure 10. The retainingcollar 215, and a stack of resiliently compressible O-rings 217 on top of thecollar 215, fit inside theupper part 206 of themarker feed tube 202. Acompression collar 219 rests on top of the O-rings 217 and has aflange 221 extending outwards from itsupper end 223 over the top of themarker feed tube 202. An adjustingcollar 225 fits around the outside of themarker feed tube 202, being engaged with it by means ofscrew thread 227 which allows the adjustingcollar 225 to be moved up and down themarker feed tube 202 by being rotated. The top of the adjustingcollar 225 engages with thecompression collar 219 so that screwing the adjustingcollar 225 downwards forces thecompression collar 219 downwards, compressing the O-rings 217. - The O-
rings 217 form a resilient support into which the neck of a hopper, corresponding to the neck 49 of thehopper 50 of Figure 4, can be inserted. The hopper is held in place by friction between the O-rings 217 and the hopper neck. The mechanism is adjustable to enable it to accommodate hopper necks of different diameters, the adjustment being made by screwing the adjustingcollar 225 up or down themarker feed tube 202, thereby releasing or compressing the O-rings 217. Compressing the O-rings causes them to deform inwards, so that they will grip a smaller hopper neck, and releasing them allows them to expand vertically and contract horizontally, allowing a larger hopper neck to be inserted into them. In this example the system is adjustable to fit hoppers with outer neck diameters from 24 to 30mm. - The
marker feed tube 202 fits into thebody 207 of the marker, andpaintballs 246 pass down through it from the hopper into thebreech 229. In this case the beams 222 of theshim 218 are spaced from thefloor 231 of the breech 229 sufficiently to allow onepaintball 246 to rest on thefloor 231 of the breech, and anotherpaintball 246 to rest on top of the first, and be held against it by the beams 222. - It will be appreciated that although described as having a narrow elongate body with a circular head the detent beams may be of any convenient shape, for example rectangular, rectangular terminating in a semi-circular head or outwardly tapering.
- It will be further appreciated that although the embodiments described above have two or three detent beams, the feed system may have only one detent beam or any convenient higher number of detent beams.
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